Households, particularly, are groaning under the burden of ever-rising vegetable prices. Bindu, a homemaker, said banana prices had registered a steep increase and the household budget was being stretched like never before, but they could not do without bananas. It is not only the price of ‘nendran’ variety that is going north. A vegetable vendor at Eenchakkal said ‘njalipoovan’ (rasa kadali) cost ₹90 a kg while ‘palayamkodan’ cost ₹50. At a Horticorp outlet at Poojappura, the ‘nendran’ variety cost ₹80, and ‘rasa kadali’, ₹110 a kg.

Source: The Hindu August 19, 2017 14:15 UTC